- The Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) action plan study focusing on investment growth is set for completion by Q1 2026.
- The government aims for 50 high-impact projects in five years, 100 in a decade, and creation of 20,000 high-skilled jobs.
- JS-SEZ attracted RM37.1 billion in approved investments in H1 2025, led by Singapore, Italy, and China.
The study on the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) action plan, which focuses on investment development in the area, is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2026 (Q1 2026).
Deputy Economy Minister Datuk Hanifah Hajar Taib said the government hopes to have 50 high-impact projects in the JS-SEZ over the next five years and 100 projects over 10 years, while generating at least 20,000 high-skilled jobs over the period of a decade.
"To that end, the government is doing the JS-SEZ action plan study to concentrate on investment growth and allied data in the region", she said during question-and-answer time in the Dewan Rakyat today.
Hanifah stated this in her response to a supplementary question by Jimmy Puah Wee Tse (PH-Tebrau) on the government's strategy and policy to make the local entrepreneurs gain benefit from the economic and investment opportunities in JS-SEZ.
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To Puah's query on approved investments in the JS-SEZ, she replied that based on the statistics from the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (Mida), total approved investments for the first half of 2025 stood at RM37.1 billion.
Out of the total, RM24 billion was invested in the services sector like information and communications technology, whereas RM13 billion was invested in the manufacturing sector like petroleum and petrochemical products. The top three investment countries in the JS-SEZ are Singapore (RM28.5 billion), Italy (RM2.9 billion) and China (RM700 million).
"To date, September 30, the Invest Malaysia Facilitation Centre Johor (IMFC-J) has handled 808 foreign and domestic investor enquiries, comprising 11 potential investment or projects worth RM1.3 billion through coordination with the Economic Development Board (EDB) and Enterprise Singapore", she said.
